Organizational Routines Meet Experimental Psychology

The Role of Implicit Learning in the Modification of Organizational Routines

verfasst von: Maximilian Eberl

Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Using an experimental approach, Maximilian Eberl evaluates the role of implicit learning (CBM/AAT) for the modification of organizational routines. Taking a vertical perspective on the (collective) entities in organizations shows an increasing role of impulsive processes the lower the level gets. The horizontal perspective demonstrates the potential of implicit learning for the replication of routines. Finally, the time perspective highlights the contributions of implicit learning strategies for change in and of routines, as well as the contributions of implicit learning to deal with the path-dependence of routines.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. Introduction

Abstract

Organizational routines evolved into a central concept in organizational research and represent a fundamental idea of how organizations accomplish their work (Felin and Foss, 2009; Salvato and Rerup, 2010; Parmigiani and Howard-Grenville, 2011; Felin et al., 2012). In the past decades, research on organizational routines yielded major results (e.g., Nelson and Winter, 1982; Feldman and Pentland, 2003) and strengthened the understanding of the concept. Scholars proved routines to be essential for organizations and to be an integral part of organizations (Becker, 2008; Hodgson, 2008). Although scholars are aware of the importance of this concept, to date literature lacks a commonly accepted definition of routines and suffers from numerous ambiguities as well as inconsistencies (Cohen et al., 1996; Jones and Craven, 2001; Reynaud, 2005).

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Chapter 2. Theoretical background

Abstract

This interdisciplinary thesis examines the role of implicit learning in the modification of organizational routines using an experimental approach. As the application of an implicit learning paradigm is new to routine research, a profound basis of both fields that meet in this thesis is necessary to identify the boundary points of both concepts and to plan, conduct, analyze and interpret an experiment and its results. The structure of Chapter 2 reflects the interdisciplinary approach of this thesis and splits into a section on organizational routines and a section on learning, dual processing, and its theoretical background.

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Chapter 3. Methods

Abstract

Against the background of the overall research question, whether or not implicit learning can contribute to diminishing the gap between the ostensive and performative aspect of an organizational routine, this chapter introduces the methodological approach in breaking down and answering the overall question. For that purpose, the experimental setting will be presented. The experiment aims to test seven hypotheses assigned to three research questions as well as to answer an exploratory research question.

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Chapter 4. Results

Abstract

The AAT training effect was tested with a 2 (Time: pretest, posttest) x 2 (Writing Style: NWS, OWS) x 2 (Trained Stimuli: yes, no) x 3 (Group: EG, PG, NTG) mixed ANOVA. There was no statistically significant main effect.

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Chapter 5. Discussion

Abstract

This study brings together two fields of research: Organizational routines and experimental psychology. Addressing the overall research question, whether implicit learning can diminish the gap between the ostensive and performative aspect of an organizational routine, this study showed the synergetic value of consolidating insights from research on routines and experimental psychology. In this final chapter, some of the main theoretical and experimental insights will be recapped and will be integrated into the results of the experimental study. The structure of the contributions of this study corresponds to the conceptual themes that were introduced in the theoretical background of organizational routines and divide into a vertical, a horizontal and a time perspective.

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Backmatter

Titel: Organizational Routines Meet Experimental Psychology
verfasst von: Maximilian Eberl
Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-23562-8
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-23561-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23562-8